Released: October 11, 1999
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Pet Shop Boys Craig Armstrong
[Intro]
The only one
[Verse 1]
I think of you
And wonder who
You are and what's your line
I wonder if there's someone else
Or if it's true that I'm
The only one
In your life
I only worry
For your sake
I don't know much about
The deals you make
There's so much that
You hide from me
The mystery
Am I the only one?
The only one?
[Refrain]
The only one
The only one
The only one
[Verse 2]
I don't know you
You don't know me
I wonder what we share
It's just that now and then you smile
And suddenly I know you care
And I'm the only one
For a while
[Chorus]
Though you've many reasons
To tell me a lie
I can't help believing
That I should be for you
And you for me
The only one
[Refrain]
(Ah)
The only one
The only one
[Verse 3]
As enigmatic as you can be
I'm not suspicious, naturally
There's so much that you hide from me
The mystery
Am I the only one
In your life?
[Chorus]
Though you've many reasons
To tell me a lie
I can't help believing
That I should be for you
And you for me
The only one
[Outro]
(Ah)
The only one
The only one
Wanna be the only one
The only one (the only one)
The only one (the only one, the only one)
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
The only one
(Ah)
The only one
The only one
[Verse 1]
I think of you
And wonder who
You are and what's your line
I wonder if there's someone else
Or if it's true that I'm
The only one
In your life
I only worry
For your sake
I don't know much about
The deals you make
There's so much that
You hide from me
The mystery
Am I the only one?
The only one?
[Refrain]
The only one
The only one
The only one
[Verse 2]
I don't know you
You don't know me
I wonder what we share
It's just that now and then you smile
And suddenly I know you care
And I'm the only one
For a while
[Chorus]
Though you've many reasons
To tell me a lie
I can't help believing
That I should be for you
And you for me
The only one
[Refrain]
(Ah)
The only one
The only one
[Verse 3]
As enigmatic as you can be
I'm not suspicious, naturally
There's so much that you hide from me
The mystery
Am I the only one
In your life?
[Chorus]
Though you've many reasons
To tell me a lie
I can't help believing
That I should be for you
And you for me
The only one
[Outro]
(Ah)
The only one
The only one
Wanna be the only one
The only one (the only one)
The only one (the only one, the only one)
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
I wanna be, I wanna be
The only one
(Ah)
The only one
more tracks from the album
Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 – 2000
- In Denial
- Closer to Heaven
- It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas (Fan Club Mix)
- Nightlife
- Positive Role Model
- For All of Us (Demo)
- Casting a Shadow
- Paris City Boy (Full French)
- Believe / Song for Guy
- Vampires (Demo)
- For All of Us
- Somebody Else’s Business (Extended Mix)
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Any More (The PSB Extension)
- Call Me Old-Fashioned (Demo)
- Playing in the Streets
- Tall Thin Man
- Radiophonic
- You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
- New York City Boy
- Boy Strange
- Somebody Else’s Business
- Friendly Fire
- The Ghost of Myself
- Footsteps
- Sail Away
- Silver Age
- Screaming
- For Your Own Good
- The Only One
- Happiness is an Option
- Lies
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore
- Vampires
- Radiophonic (Demo)
From the albums
- Nightlife (1999)
- Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 – 2000 (2017)
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away